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<v Speaker 1>Hey, friends, thanks so much for joining us today on

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching Ministry of Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren. We're so glad to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And today Rick continues in his series called Transform Together,

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<v Speaker 1>We'll dive into God's word and discover powerful principles that

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<v Speaker 1>can truly change our lives from the inside out spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation

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<v Speaker 1>to every part of your life. Okay, here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part one of a message called change your life

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<v Speaker 1>by changing your Mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Our theme for fifty days of Transformation is Romans twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>verse two, and this week I want us to look

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<v Speaker 2>at it in the New Living Translation. There on your outline,

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<v Speaker 2>it says this, do not be conformed to the pattern

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<v Speaker 2>of this world, but let God transform you into a

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<v Speaker 2>new person by changing the way you think. We've memorized

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<v Speaker 2>it in by the renewing of your mind. The renewing

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<v Speaker 2>of your mind is the way that NIV puts it.

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<v Speaker 2>The New Living Translation says, by changing the way you think. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me sum up what I want to say this

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<v Speaker 2>weekend in one sentence, God is far more interested in

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<v Speaker 2>changing your mind than in changing your circumstances. We want

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<v Speaker 2>God to change our circumstances. We want him to take

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<v Speaker 2>away all the problems, all the pain, all the sorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>all the suffering, all the sickness, all the sadness. And

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<v Speaker 2>God says, yeah, yeah, I know that's important. But really

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<v Speaker 2>more important than that is what's happening in you. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm far more interested in changing your mind before we

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<v Speaker 2>change your circumstance. Because nothing happens in your life until

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<v Speaker 2>you get the renewing of your mind. No transformation takes place,

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<v Speaker 2>no change takes place in your mind. Are in your

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<v Speaker 2>life until your thoughts begin to change. Now, why is

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<v Speaker 2>it so important that I learned how to manage my mind?

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<v Speaker 2>We've looked at physical health, we looked at spiritual health.

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<v Speaker 2>This weekend, I want us to look at mental health.

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<v Speaker 2>How do I have a healthy mind? And why is

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<v Speaker 2>it important that I manage my thought life? Let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you three reasons you might write these down. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>because my thoughts control my life. My thoughts control my life.

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<v Speaker 2>Every single action always begins as a thought. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it you don't do it. Now, that's both

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<v Speaker 2>good and bad. If you don't think it, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>do it. If it's a good thought, then then you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do good. If it's a bad thought, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do bad. But my thoughts control my life. Proverbs for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three and today's English version says, be careful how

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<v Speaker 2>you think your life. Life is shaped circle that word shaped.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life is shaped by your thoughts. He goes, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I was just thinking it. Well, you don't realize how

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<v Speaker 2>important the thought is. The Bible says the power of

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<v Speaker 2>your mind, The power of your thoughts says tremniscibility to

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<v Speaker 2>shape your life, for good or for bad. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you accept the thought, if growing up somebody said to

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<v Speaker 2>you you're worthless, you're no good, you don't matter, you're ugly,

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<v Speaker 2>you're uncoordinated. If you accepted that fact, whether it was

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<v Speaker 2>right or wrong, it's shaped your life. We're always interested

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<v Speaker 2>in our feelings, and we're going to look at feelings

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<v Speaker 2>next week when we looked at emotional health. But your

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<v Speaker 2>feelings don't shape your life. Your beliefs do. And it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't even have to be true. If you believe it,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to shape your life. And a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>you were taught things as a kid about you that

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<v Speaker 2>just weren't true, and years later you're still acting on

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<v Speaker 2>false information. Be transformed by changing the way you think.

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<v Speaker 2>Because my thought, let's control my life, both good and bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, I need to manage my mind because my

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<v Speaker 2>mind is the battleground for sin. It's where I win

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<v Speaker 2>or lose the battle. In fact, all temptation happens in

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<v Speaker 2>the mind. We think temptation is something out there, something external,

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<v Speaker 2>something that happens that we see out there and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's tempting to me. It wouldn't tempt you if there

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't a corollary desire inside you. All temptation happens in

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<v Speaker 2>your mind, between your ears, and as a result, sin

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<v Speaker 2>happens in your mind. It happens between your ears. When

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<v Speaker 2>we talk about the sins of pride or lust, or

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<v Speaker 2>bitterness or hatred, or anger, or fear or resentment or

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<v Speaker 2>envy or worry, where are those things? They're all in

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<v Speaker 2>your mind. If you can learn how to manage your mind,

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<v Speaker 2>you've learned how to manage your life. This is where

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<v Speaker 2>the battle ground is. Paul and Romans, Chapter seven, is

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<v Speaker 2>very articulate in explaining how we've all felt in this

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<v Speaker 2>battle that pulls us many different directions in our mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says this Roman twenty three. I love to do

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<v Speaker 2>God's will so far as my new nature is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>But and that's always a big butt okay. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>something else deep within me that is at war with

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<v Speaker 2>my mind and wins the fight and makes me a

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<v Speaker 2>slave to the sin within me. In my mind, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be God's servant, but instead I find myself

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<v Speaker 2>still enslaved to sin. And we can all identify that.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to circle some words in that passage war.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle the word war, the word fight, the word slave,

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<v Speaker 2>the word enslaved. What's he saying. He's saying there's a

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<v Speaker 2>battle in your brain. It's one of the reasons why

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<v Speaker 2>you get mentally fatigued, because there's a battle in your

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<v Speaker 2>brain and it's going on twenty four hours a day.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you're conscious of that battle, and sometimes you're unconscious

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<v Speaker 2>of that battle. But it's going on in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why that battle in your brain is

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<v Speaker 2>going on and it's debilitating, it's because it's so intense.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why it's so intense. Is because your brain,

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<v Speaker 2>your mind, is your greatest asset. Satan wants to control

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<v Speaker 2>your mind. The world wants to control your mind. And

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<v Speaker 2>there's a battle for the way you think. Why Because

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<v Speaker 2>whatever gets your attention gets you. So I need to

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<v Speaker 2>manage my mind, because my thoughts control my life, and

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<v Speaker 2>because my mind is the battleground for sin and temptation.

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<v Speaker 2>Number three, because it's the key to peace and life,

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<v Speaker 2>our happiness. Because managing my mind is actually the key

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<v Speaker 2>to peace and the key to happiness. If you learn

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<v Speaker 2>what we're going to talk about this weekend, and you

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<v Speaker 2>begin to plat in your life, your peace of mind

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<v Speaker 2>will go up dramatically, and so will your happiness, and

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<v Speaker 2>so will your understanding enjoyment of life. An unmanaged mind

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<v Speaker 2>leads to tension. A managed mind leads to tranquility. An

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<v Speaker 2>unmanaged mind leads to pressure. A managed mind leads to peace.

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<v Speaker 2>An unmanaged mind leads to conflict and chaos. A managed

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<v Speaker 2>mind leads to confidence. An unmanaged mind leads to stress.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't manage your thoughts, you just let them

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<v Speaker 2>go all over the place. You don't ever even try

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<v Speaker 2>to control your mind, and the way you direct your

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<v Speaker 2>thought though you're gonna have enormous amount of stress in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. But a managed mind leads to strength, and

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<v Speaker 2>leads to security and leads to serenity. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>it like this in Romans eighty six. If your sinful

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<v Speaker 2>nature controls your mind, there is death. Well, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>what is death. It's the opposite of life. You're not

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<v Speaker 2>really living. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind,

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<v Speaker 2>there is life and peace. I want us to look

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<v Speaker 2>at three choices that you must make on a daily

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<v Speaker 2>basis in order to have a healthy mind. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people don't realize that you can control your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be oh, my thoughts are uncontrollable. No, you think

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<v Speaker 2>they're uncontrollable. But you can control your thoughts. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody else can. Satan can't control your thoughts. He can

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<v Speaker 2>suggest he'd like to, but he can't control your thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>Only you can control your thoughts. And God isn't to

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<v Speaker 2>control your thoughts. I mean, you don't need to pray

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<v Speaker 2>if you're having bad thoughts. You're having scary thoughts, you're

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<v Speaker 2>having guilty thoughts, you're having lonely thoughts, you're having depressed

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<v Speaker 2>and discouraged thoughts. It doesn't really help, say God, change

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<v Speaker 2>my thoughts. God's gonna say it's your mind. You do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, all you have to do is click the

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<v Speaker 2>channel changer. You don't have to be thinking about what

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<v Speaker 2>you're thinking about right now. Nobody's holding the gun to

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<v Speaker 2>your head. You could do it. You could make that change.

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<v Speaker 2>Your thoughts are highly controllable. If I want to have

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<v Speaker 2>a healthy mind, I want to break free from all

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<v Speaker 2>of those bad patterns of the way I've been thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>What I need to do is make some choices. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says there are three choices for a healthy mind.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to feed my mind. I have to free

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<v Speaker 2>my mind, and I have to focus my mind. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at these three things. They're all choices, and you

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<v Speaker 2>have to choose them, not just once in your lifetime,

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<v Speaker 2>but on a moment by moment basis. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at what the Bible says. Number one, if I

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<v Speaker 2>want to have a healthy mind, I must feed my

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<v Speaker 2>mind with truth. I must feed my mind with the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we all know the importance of nutrition. Good food

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<v Speaker 2>and good calories cause you to be better, to be stronger,

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<v Speaker 2>to be healthier, to have more energy. Bad calories, bad

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<v Speaker 2>junk food, things that don't do good harm your body.

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<v Speaker 2>The same is true in your thought life. I must

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<v Speaker 2>feed my mind not with junk, not with poison, but

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<v Speaker 2>with truth. Jesus said it like this, you will know

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<v Speaker 2>the truth, and the truth we'll set you free. One

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<v Speaker 2>time I was given the privilege of lecturing at Oxford

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<v Speaker 2>University and actually at Cambridge also in the same month

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<v Speaker 2>in England. And while I was there, I was invited

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<v Speaker 2>to go to a meeting of Oxford Analytica. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a group you've never heard of, but has enormous influence

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. World. Every day, at about five point

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six a m. The leading scholars of Oxford gather

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<v Speaker 2>in a room to get reports from all around the

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<v Speaker 2>world and what's happened in the last twenty four hours.

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<v Speaker 2>They then discuss these things, everything from crop prices in

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<v Speaker 2>China to unrest in the Middle East, to the weather

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<v Speaker 2>on the East Coast and all kinds of things like this,

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<v Speaker 2>and then they make a decision about what needs to

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<v Speaker 2>be said about it. And then they say, who's the

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<v Speaker 2>best person in the world who knows the most about this?

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<v Speaker 2>And they send a note to that person. They email

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<v Speaker 2>that person. By eleven o'clock that morning, a report has

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<v Speaker 2>been given. And then that report, the Oxford Analytical Report,

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<v Speaker 2>is paid for by groups like the United States, CIA,

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<v Speaker 2>the Soviet Union, are now the Republic of Russia, China,

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<v Speaker 2>world leaders, major core operations. They all look to Oxford

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<v Speaker 2>Analytica to get their daily report and they pay big

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<v Speaker 2>bucks for this information. And I got to sit in

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<v Speaker 2>on one of the meetings. They invited me to watch

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<v Speaker 2>what was happening. It was about twenty people sitting in

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<v Speaker 2>a room early early in the morning. And Oxford Analytica

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<v Speaker 2>was founding on the idea that the best leaders make

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<v Speaker 2>the best decisions when they have the best information. And

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<v Speaker 2>even if you are a good leader, if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the best information, you're going to make a bad decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes sense, Yeah, So you got to have the

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<v Speaker 2>best information to make the best decision. And that whole

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<v Speaker 2>purpose was to get the best information on the world

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<v Speaker 2>situation in the last twenty four hours. Well you're not

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<v Speaker 2>Oxford Analytica, but you need the best information to live

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<v Speaker 2>the best life that God wants you to live. And

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<v Speaker 2>that information is right here in the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called the truth. The Bible says in Matthew four

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<v Speaker 2>to four. People need more than bread for their life.

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<v Speaker 2>They must feed on every word of God. God the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible is our soul food. It's our owner's manual for life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>when should I feed my mind truth? I mean, when

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<v Speaker 2>should I do this? And the answer is all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the day, morning, noon, and night. You know, they

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<v Speaker 2>tell you that the best way to eat is to

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<v Speaker 2>eat just little every couple hours, rather than to eat

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<v Speaker 2>big meals and then go long hours without eating. But

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<v Speaker 2>to eat constantly, just kind of nibble your way through

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<v Speaker 2>the day, eating the right food. It keeps your blood

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<v Speaker 2>sugar level and all things like that. Same is true

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<v Speaker 2>with truth. If you're constantly thinking about truth, it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to renew your mind, it's going to change your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you some examples of this. Here's David.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's three verses from David Psalm one nineteen. I rise

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<v Speaker 2>early to cry out for help. That's prayer, and to

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<v Speaker 2>put my hope in your words. That's Bible study circle

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<v Speaker 2>the word hope. He says, I start every morning talking

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<v Speaker 2>to you, I cry out in prayer and listening to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I read your word, and he says, I look for

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<v Speaker 2>the hope in your word. There are over seven thousand

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<v Speaker 2>promises in this book, seven thousand of them. If you

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<v Speaker 2>want to have your mind renewed, become a promise person,

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<v Speaker 2>begin to learn, memorize, think on this. If you feel

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<v Speaker 2>pretty hopeless about your situation, you're not spending enough time

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<v Speaker 2>in the promises of God, because they're there. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>I start my day with hope. Are you starting your

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<v Speaker 2>day with hope or with despair? He says, I start

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<v Speaker 2>it there. And then the next verse he says, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>how I love your word. I think about it all

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<v Speaker 2>day long. You might circle that. And then Psalm sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse seven, he says, even in the darkest of night,

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<v Speaker 2>your teachings fill my mind. So he say say, early

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning, all through the day, and even late

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<v Speaker 2>at night, I'm thinking about God's truth. That's why David

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<v Speaker 2>is called a man after God's own heart. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>just give you one example of how serious David was

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<v Speaker 2>I told you last week that he spent a large

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<v Speaker 2>part of his life running for his life because the

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<v Speaker 2>king that he was going to replace in Israel wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to kill him. Saul wanted him dead, and so David

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<v Speaker 2>actually had to run and be a fugitive for many,

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<v Speaker 2>many years, living in caves and moving from place to

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<v Speaker 2>place and never knowing am I going to wake up

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<v Speaker 2>and be killed the next day? And there were people

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<v Speaker 2>who are actually trying to kill him. I doubt that's

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<v Speaker 2>ever happened to you. Saw one nineteen ninety five, He says,

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<v Speaker 2>when wicked people hide to ambush and kill me, I

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<v Speaker 2>quietly keep my mind on your decrease. Wow, I quiet

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<v Speaker 2>keep my mind on your decrease. Now somebody was trying

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<v Speaker 2>to kill you, would you be thinking about the Word

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<v Speaker 2>of God? Kind of doubt it. You'd probably be calling

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<v Speaker 2>the police, You'd be running, you'd be bolting the door.

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<v Speaker 2>David says, I don't care what's going in my life morning, noon, night,

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<v Speaker 2>people trying to kill me. I have one thing I do.

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<v Speaker 2>I keep my mind on the truth. You do that

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<v Speaker 2>in the crisis. That's called managing your mind. I have

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<v Speaker 2>to feed my mind daily on truth.

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